The Lying Life of Adults [electronic resource] : A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Ferrante, Elena2020
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A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick 2021
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of My Brilliant Friend, a powerful new novel set in a divided Naples
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be adapted into a NETFLIX original series
"Incendiary." – Mail on Sunday
"The most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read."–Financial Times
"An astonishing, deeply moving tale."–The Guardian
"Modern, urgent, truthful."–The Telegraph
Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own?
Giovanna's search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other.
This powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by bestselling author Elena Ferrante is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.
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Author:
Ferrante, Elena, AuthorGoldstein, Ann, Translator
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Europa Editions (UK) Ltd., 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (2005), Troubling Love (2006), both made into feature films, and The Lost Daughter (2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey (2016), and a children's picture book, The Beach at Night (2016). My Brilliant Friend and the books of the "Neapolitan quartet" were published by Europa between 2012 and 2015. The first season of the HBO series My Brilliant Friend premiered in 2018.
ISBN:
9781787702394
Language:
English
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BRN:
362675